US20150222025A1 - Antenna system with beamwidth control - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates generally to cross-polarized antenna arrays, and more specifically to antenna arrays with narrow beamwidth and efficient packing of antenna elements.
- Cellular base station sites are typically designed and deployed with three sectors arranged to serve different azimuth bearings, for example each sector serving a 120 degree range of angle from a cell site location.
- Each sector includes an antenna with an azimuthal radiation pattern which defines the sector coverage footprint.
- the half-power beamwidth (HPBW) of the azimuth radiation pattern of a base station sector antenna is generally optimal at around 65 degrees as this provides sufficient gain and efficient tri-sector site tessellation of multiple sites in a network or cluster of sites serving a cellular network area.
- HSPA High Speed Packet Access
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- Antenna tilting normally delivered by electrical phased array beam tilt provides a network optimisation freedom to address inter-cell interference, but few options exist to optimise inter-sector interference.
- the Front-to-Back (FTB), Front-to-Side (FTS) and Sector Power Ratio (SPR) of an antenna pattern are parameters which indicate the amount of inter-sector interference; the larger the FTB and FTS and the lower the SPR value, the lower the inter-sector interference.
- This azimuth beamwidth is typically measured at the minus 3 dB position for HPBW, and minus 10 dB for FSR.
- the HPBW is typically required at 65 degrees
- the FSR beamwidth is set at 120 degrees to ensure that power does not spill over to adjacent cells, therefore maintaining a good carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratio.
- Reducing the 3 dB azimuth beamwidth to 60 degrees or even 55 degrees typically improves the SPR, but may also impact cellular network tessellation efficiency for basic service coverage, and necessarily requires a wider antenna to achieve the narrower beamwidth which then places additional pressure on the site in terms of zoning, wind-loading and rentals.
- base station antennas with variable azimuth beamwidths are available which can be used to provide better load balancing between sectors and to adjust sector to sector overlap.
- such solutions may not be suitable for accommodating multiple arrays and hence supporting multiple spectrum bands which is a desirable requirement for base station antennas.
- such variable beamwidth antennas can be large (the size being governed by the minimum achievable beamwidth) with some solutions requiring mechanical and active electronics and hence potentially costly to deploy and maintain.
- the present disclosure provides a dual-polarized antenna array that includes at least one unit cell.
- the at least one unit cell includes at least one radiating element of a first polarization state and at least two radiating elements of a second polarization state.
- the second polarization state is orthogonal to the first polarization state.
- the at least two radiating elements of the second polarization state are displaced on a first side and a second side of the at least one radiating element of the first polarization state.
- FIG. 1 depicts a base station antenna array system, according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 depicts a dual-band base station antenna, according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 3 depicts another base station antenna array system, according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 4 depicts another dual-band base station antenna according to the present disclosure
- FIGS. 5A , 5 B and 5 C depict examples of antenna arrays having unit cells with split-vertical-oriented radiating elements in various arrangements, according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 6 illustrates an antenna array having split horizontal-oriented radiating elements, according to the present disclosure
- FIGS. 7A and 7B depict antenna arrays having dual-polarised unit cells which include both split-vertical-oriented and split-horizontal-oriented radiating elements, according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 8 depicts a unit cell including three split-vertical-oriented radiating elements, according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 9 depicts a top-down view of an antenna array having a unit cell with split-vertical-oriented radiating elements, according to the present disclosure
- FIG. 10A depicts an antenna array having unit cells comprising split-vertical-oriented radiating elements
- FIGS. 10B-10D depict antenna arrays having split-vertical-oriented radiating elements where the vertical oriented radiating elements of each unit cell are displaced in opposite vertical directions.
- the present disclosure relates to antenna arrays suitable for cellular base station deployments which can provide enhanced mitigation of inter-sector interference or adjustable sector overlap for optimising a cellular network design.
- the present disclosure provides a solution to control azimuth radiation pattern roll-off rate, Half Power Beamwidth (HPBW), Front-to-Side Ratio (FSR) and Sector Power Ratio (SPR).
- Antenna arrays of the present disclosure are particularly suitable for use in a sectored base station site, where inter-sector interference is limited by the azimuth radiation characteristics of the base station antenna.
- the terms “antenna” and “antenna array” are used interchangeably.
- the real-world horizon is indicated as left-to-right/right-to-left on the page, and the up/vertical direction is in a direction from the bottom of the page to the top of the page.
- an antenna array comprises a plurality of unit cells arranged vertically along the length of the array.
- each unit cell comprises at least two radiating elements, e.g., centred along the width of the reflector.
- each unit cell radiates a dual orthogonal linear polarization field, e.g., +45 degree and ⁇ 45 degree slant polarizations (e.g., as preferred in conventional cellular communication systems).
- the radiating elements of each unit cell are physically orientated orthogonally at zero degrees and +90 degrees.
- a “virtual cross-polarization” technique is used where the vertical element (oriented at 90 degrees) and horizontal element (oriented at zero degrees) are fed in co-phase power or anti-phase power to achieve vector rotation.
- the +90 degree element, or “vertical element” is further separated into at least two radiating elements, or a vertical radiating pair.
- the vertical radiating pair is disposed horizontally within the unit cell, with a maximum horizontal separation equivalent to the width of the reflector.
- the vertical radiating pair is co-phased to realize an array factor in the azimuth plane where the HPBW and FSR are significantly reduced.
- the use of the “virtual cross-polarization” technique coupled with the novel unit cell geometry gives enhanced control over the HPBW/FSR and SPR parameters, for optimized cellular network deployment.
- an antenna array comprising one or more “H” shaped unit cells, is suitable for optimized element packing in integrated arrays (e.g., dual-band or multi-band arrays).
- integrated arrays e.g., dual-band or multi-band arrays.
- controlling the ratio of the types of unit cells used in the array plus vertical component spacing on the ‘H’ shaped unit cell gives additional design and performance freedoms for the ability to tailor the azimuth radiation pattern shape to a specified requirement.
- “shadowing effects” are minimised on adjacent integrated array faces.
- a base station antenna array system 100 includes two corporate feed (CF) networks ( 110 ) and ( 111 ) which convert base station radio frequency (RF) signals into antenna element drive signals for a number of dual-linearly polarized unit cells ( 130 - 132 ) disposed vertically along the length of the antenna array 120 .
- Each unit cell 130 - 132 radiates a dual orthogonal linear polarization field, e.g., in preferred +45 degree and ⁇ 45 degree slant polarization radiating vectors.
- unit cell 130 is shown including two +45/ ⁇ 45 degree oriented dual linearly polarized cross-dipole antenna elements 140 and 141 which are horizontally disposed.
- Each of the antenna elements 140 and 141 in unit cell 130 include two radiating elements, a +45 degree radiating element ( 150 and 151 respectively) and a ⁇ 45 degree radiating element ( 160 and 161 respectively), which are fed from the respective CF networks 110 and 111 via power dividers (PD) 170 and 171 respectively to provide an equal phase and amplitude split of the signal before feeding into the pairs of radiating elements ( 150 , 160 and 151 , 161 ). This results in forming an array factor in the azimuth plane.
- the azimuth radiation patterns from unit cell 130 can be optimized.
- the resultant azimuth beamwidth is typically half of the azimuth beamwidth of an un-split unit cell (e.g., a “single” dual-polarized cross-dipole antenna element, such as in unit cell 131 or 132 ).
- an un-split unit cell e.g., a “single” dual-polarized cross-dipole antenna element, such as in unit cell 131 or 132 .
- the combination of a number of split and un-split unit cells disposed vertically along the antenna array will enable a desired overall array beamwidth to be selected.
- a disadvantage of this array topology is that a much wider antenna solution is required to accommodate the two horizontally displaced +45/ ⁇ 45 degree oriented dual-polarized cross-dipole antenna elements.
- many base station antennas may include a dual-band combined array with two array columns or stacks of antenna elements, one stack for low-band operation (e.g., 690-960 MHz), and one stack for high-band operation (e.g., 1695-2690 MHz).
- More complex base station antennas may include three stacks as shown in the dual-band antenna array 200 of FIG. 2 where the low-band stack of dual-polarized antenna elements 210 are positioned in the center of the reflector while two high-band array stacks 280 and 290 are located on each side of the low-band elements 210 (for ease of illustration, only two of the high-band dual-polarized antenna elements 231 are labeled in the figure).
- FIG. 3 illustrates a base station antenna array system 300 where each of the unit cells 330 - 332 of the antenna array 320 includes orthogonal radiating elements oriented at zero degrees and 90 degrees, or in a horizontal/vertical (HN) orientation.
- unit cell 330 includes two split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 350 and 351 to form an azimuth array factor.
- the horizontally oriented antenna element 360 in the unit cell 330 remains in the same position as in a conventional dual-polarised cross-dipole with H/V orientation (such as in unit cell 331 or 332 ), while the two split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 350 and 351 are disposed to either side of the horizontally oriented antenna element 360 (i.e., situated at both ends of the horizontally oriented antenna element 360 ).
- the orthogonal HN oriented radiating elements are fed in-phase (i.e., where an information signal from CF network 310 fed through port P 1 380 is equally phased to a copy of the information signal sent through port P 2 382 from CF network 311 to achieve a resultant or virtual +45 degrees slant linear polarization vector and fed in anti-phase (i.e., where an information signal fed through port P 2 382 comprises an out-of-phase, or delayed version of the same information signal fed through port P 1 380 ) to generate a ⁇ 45 degree slant linear polarization vector.
- This is shown in the detail for unit cell 330 shown in FIG.
- a power divider 370 provides an equal phase and amplitude split of the signal from port P 2 382 to the split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 350 and 351 .
- the vertical radiating elements and the horizontal radiating elements of each unit cell 330 - 332 are physically oriented orthogonal to one another, and also transmit and/or receive via orthogonal +45/ ⁇ 45 degree slant linear polarization radiating vectors.
- this is achieved by feeding the elements via a microwave circuit such as a 180 degree hybrid/ring coupler (or hybrid combiner), a rat race coupler, a digital signal processing circuit and/or a software implemented solution.
- a microwave circuit such as a 180 degree hybrid/ring coupler (or hybrid combiner), a rat race coupler, a digital signal processing circuit and/or a software implemented solution.
- the relative phasing and power dividing for the feed signals provides a virtual rotation of the radiating vectors from the radiating elements of each unit cell 330 - 332 to the desired +45/ ⁇ 45 degree slant linear polarisations.
- FIG. 3 also includes a circuit, or power divider 390 for rotating, or controlling the effective radiating vectors of each of the horizontal-oriented and vertical-oriented radiating elements of each of the unit cells 330 - 332 .
- the power divider 390 comprises a hybrid coupler or a (180 degree) hybrid ring coupler, such as a rat-race coupler, each of which may also be referred to herein as a hybrid combiner. As shown in FIG.
- power divider 390 includes two input ports (assuming connection to signals intended for transmission), designated as positive ‘P’ input port 391 (also referred to herein as an in-phase input) and minus ‘M’ input port 392 (also referred to herein as an out-of phase input) and two output ports, designated as ‘V’ output port 393 and ‘H’ output port 394 .
- the signals 340 and 341 input at positive ‘P’ input port 391 and minus ‘M’ input port 392 respectively may be for transmission at +45 and ⁇ 45 degree linear slant polarizations, respectively.
- signal 340 which is input at the positive input port 391 , enters the power divider 390 , which in this case is a 180-degree hybrid ring coupler, splits power equally into two branches with one branch traveling clockwise to output port ‘V’ labeled 393 and the other branch traveling counterclockwise to output port ‘H’ labeled 394 .
- the distance between the positive input port 391 and the ‘H’ port 394 and the distance between the positive input port 391 and the ‘V’ port 393 are the same distance. In one example, this distance is at or substantially close to a distance that is the equivalent of 90 degrees of phase for a center frequency within a frequency band of the signals to be transmitted and received via the radiating elements of unit cells 330 - 332 .
- the two output ports 393 and 394 receive identical signals of the same power and same phase (e.g., these are two “co-phased” component signals).
- signal 341 received at minus input port 392 enters the power divider 390 , splits power equally into two branches with a branch traveling clockwise and a branch travelling counterclockwise.
- the distance between the minus input port 392 and the ‘V’ port 393 is the same distance as between the positive input port 391 and the ‘V’ output port 393 , for instance, a distance that provides for 90 degrees of phase shift.
- the signal 341 from the minus input port 392 arrives as the ‘V’ output port 393 having a same phase as the signal 340 on the positive input port 391 .
- the distance between the minus input port 392 and the ‘H’ output port 394 is three times the distance between the minus input port 392 and the ‘V’ port 393 .
- this distance may be a distance or length that provides for 270 degrees of phase shift, e.g., for a signal at a center frequency of a desired frequency band.
- the output ports receive signals of the same power but 180-degrees out-of-phase (e.g., these are two “anti-phased” component signals).
- the ‘H’ output port 394 and the ‘V’ output port 393 receive signals 340 and 341 from the positive input terminal 391 and minus input terminal 392 , respectively. These signals are combined at the respective output terminals 393 and 394 and forwarded to the CF networks 310 and 311 respectively. The signals may then be passed from CF networks 310 and 311 to the respective horizontal-oriented and vertical-oriented radiating elements of the unit cells 330 - 332 . However, prior to driving the split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 350 and 351 of unit cell 330 , the signal form CF network 311 via port P 2 382 may be further processed by the power divider 370 to provide two equal amplitude, in-phase antenna element drive signals.
- FIG. 3 also depicts the array 320 with a combination of “H” shaped unit cells (e.g., unit cell 330 ), with split-vertical radiating elements, and non-split-vertical unit cells/antenna elements (e.g., unit cells 331 and 332 ).
- unit cell 331 and unit cell 332 in FIG. 3 are shown using non-split H/V oriented radiating elements, and although not shown, would be fed from the respective corporate feed (CF) networks 310 and 311 such as to deliver virtual +45/ ⁇ 45 degree slant linear polarizations.
- CF corporate feed
- the embodiment of FIG. 3 allows the array face to be physically narrower compared to a more conventional base station antenna array with physically orientated +45/ ⁇ 45 degree dual-polarized antenna elements. This is particularly beneficial on deployments where wind loading at base station sites is critical.
- FIG. 4 shows an example of a three stack antenna array 400 where the two stacks 480 and 490 of high-band elements are packed efficiently amongst a low-band stack 410 comprising the split low-band element 411 and non-split low-band elements 412 and 413 .
- the resulting array face topology has low-band elements which do not shadow the high-band elements.
- the low-band elements 411 - 413 may be fed via the same or similar corporate feeds as illustrated in FIG. 3 , and may provide the same +45/ ⁇ 45 degree slant linear polarization virtually rotated effective radiating vectors.
- the high-band antenna elements of high-band arrays 480 and 490 may comprise cross-dipoles with radiating elements physically oriented at +45/ ⁇ 45 degrees, the high-band antenna elements may be fed via conventional means.
- FIGS. 5A , 5 B and 5 C illustrate further embodiments of the present disclosure where the number of “H” shaped unit cells having split-vertical-oriented polarized radiating elements, and their positions along the vertical length of the antenna array are varied.
- FIG. 5A illustrates “H” shaped split unit cells 511 - 514 distributed along the length of the antenna array 510 .
- FIG. 5B illustrates a combination of split unit cells ( 521 and 522 ) and non-split unit cells ( 523 and 524 ) along the length of the antenna array 520 .
- FIG. 5C illustrates alternating split unit cells ( 531 and 533 ) and non-split unit cells ( 532 and 534 ) along the length of the antenna array 530 .
- any of the examples of FIGS. 5A-5C may also be implemented in dual-band and multi-band antenna arrays, e.g., similar to the embodiment of FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 6 illustrates a further embodiment where an antenna array 600 includes one or more unit cells featuring split-horizontal-oriented radiating elements, e.g., unit cells 611 and 613 .
- unit cells having split-vertical-oriented polarized radiating elements e.g., unit cells 610 and 612
- unit cells having split-horizontal-oriented polarized radiating elements e.g., unit cells 611 and 613 can be used to control elevation beamwidth, e.g., based upon the number of unit cells having split-horizontal-oriented polarized radiating elements, the locations of such unit cells with the stack, and so forth.
- FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate antenna arrays having dual-polarised unit cells which include both split-vertical-oriented and split-horizontal-oriented radiating elements.
- FIGS. 7A and 7B also show arrangements where dual-polarised unit cells having both split-vertical-oriented and split-horizontal-oriented radiating elements are included in arrays with vertical-split-oriented antenna elements as well as with standard HN oriented dual-polarised antenna elements.
- FIG. 7A illustrates antenna array 710 with split-vertical-oriented antenna elements 711 and 713 alternated with horizontal and vertical split antenna elements 712 and 714 .
- FIG. 7B illustrates antenna array 720 with standard HN oriented antenna elements 721 and 723 alternated with horizontal and vertical split antenna elements 722 and 724 .
- unit cells e.g., with +45/ ⁇ 45 degree oriented antenna elements, standard H/V oriented antenna elements, split vertical antenna elements, split horizontal antenna elements, antenna elements with both split vertical and split horizontal radiating elements, and the like may be utilized in an antenna array/antenna stack for both azimuth and elevation beamwidth control, Half Power Beamwidth (HPBW), Front-to-Side Ratio (FSR), Sector Power Ratio (SPR) and so forth.
- HPBW Half Power Beamwidth
- FSR Front-to-Side Ratio
- SPR Sector Power Ratio
- FIG. 8 illustrates a further embodiment of the present disclosure where a unit cell 800 includes three split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 801 , 802 and 803 disposed at various positions along a horizontal radiating element 804 .
- a unit cell 800 includes three split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 801 , 802 and 803 disposed at various positions along a horizontal radiating element 804 .
- additional azimuthal radiation patterns are made available to cellular base station designers and operators.
- FIG. 9 illustrates still another embodiment of the present disclosure having a unit cell 910 with split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 920 and 921 , where it is shown (looking down an antenna array 900 from the top) that the vertically oriented split elements 920 and 921 are mounted at a horizontal distance of D 2 , typically just shorter than the width of the overall antenna reflector 930 to obtain maximum aperture of the azimuth array factor.
- the horizontal radiating element is shown by reference numeral 960 .
- the vertically oriented elements 920 and 921 can be mounted at a fold angle 940 determined by ⁇ giving a separation distance of D 1 of the radiating parts of the vertically oriented radiating elements.
- the vertically oriented radiating elements 920 and 921 can be efficiently packaged within a preferred profile of the radome encapsulating the antenna 900 to minimize frontal wind loading of the antenna.
- the vertically oriented radiating elements 920 and 921 may be inclined at angles away from an angle perpendicular to a plane of an array face ground plane of the antenna array 900 .
- FIGS. 10A-10D are intended to illustrate additional embodiments of the present disclosure where split-vertical-oriented radiating elements are displaced vertically to various positions with respect to horizontal-oriented radiating elements.
- FIG. 10A shows an antenna array 1010 with vertical split antenna elements 1011 - 1013 .
- FIG. 10B shows an antenna array 1020 where sets of split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 1021 and 1022 are displaced in opposite directions centered on the respective horizontal-oriented radiating elements 1023 .
- FIG. 10C shows an antenna array 1030 where horizontal-oriented radiating elements 1033 are aligned with the mid-points of split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 1031 and with the ends of the split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 1032 .
- FIG. 10A shows an antenna array 1010 with vertical split antenna elements 1011 - 1013 .
- FIG. 10B shows an antenna array 1020 where sets of split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 1021 and 1022 are displaced in opposite directions centered on the respective horizontal-oriented radiating elements
- FIG. 10D illustrates an antenna array 1040 which is similar to the antenna array 1030 of FIG. 10C , with additional horizontal-oriented radiating elements 1044 added.
- the sets of split-vertical-oriented radiating elements 1041 and 1042 and horizontal-oriented radiating elements 1043 are similar to the corresponding components in FIG. 10C .
- the examples of FIGS. 10B-10D provide additional options for array topology packing, in addition to the example of FIG. 10A and the examples of the figures discussed above.
- examples of the present disclosure describe the use of +45/ ⁇ 45 degree slant linear polarizations.
- linear polarization is typical, and examples are given using linear polarizations, other embodiments of the present disclosure can be readily arrived at, for example including dual-orthogonal elliptical polarization, or left hand circular and right hand circular polarizations, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
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- This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/934,472, filed Jan. 31, 2014, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. This application also claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/954,344, filed Mar. 17, 2014, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- The present disclosure relates generally to cross-polarized antenna arrays, and more specifically to antenna arrays with narrow beamwidth and efficient packing of antenna elements.
- Cellular base station sites are typically designed and deployed with three sectors arranged to serve different azimuth bearings, for example each sector serving a 120 degree range of angle from a cell site location. Each sector includes an antenna with an azimuthal radiation pattern which defines the sector coverage footprint. The half-power beamwidth (HPBW) of the azimuth radiation pattern of a base station sector antenna is generally optimal at around 65 degrees as this provides sufficient gain and efficient tri-sector site tessellation of multiple sites in a network or cluster of sites serving a cellular network area.
- Most mobile data cellular network access technologies including High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) employ 1:1 or full spectrum re-use schemes in order to maximise spectral efficiency and capacity. This aggressive spectral re-use means that inter-sector and inter-cell interference needs to be minimised so that spectral efficiency can be maximised. Antenna tilting, normally delivered by electrical phased array beam tilt provides a network optimisation freedom to address inter-cell interference, but few options exist to optimise inter-sector interference. The Front-to-Back (FTB), Front-to-Side (FTS) and Sector Power Ratio (SPR) of an antenna pattern are parameters which indicate the amount of inter-sector interference; the larger the FTB and FTS and the lower the SPR value, the lower the inter-sector interference.
- One way to improve network performance is by effective control of the azimuth beamwidth of the base station antenna. This azimuth beamwidth is typically measured at the minus 3 dB position for HPBW, and minus 10 dB for FSR. In most cellular deployment, the HPBW is typically required at 65 degrees, while the FSR beamwidth is set at 120 degrees to ensure that power does not spill over to adjacent cells, therefore maintaining a good carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratio.
- Reducing the 3 dB azimuth beamwidth to 60 degrees or even 55 degrees typically improves the SPR, but may also impact cellular network tessellation efficiency for basic service coverage, and necessarily requires a wider antenna to achieve the narrower beamwidth which then places additional pressure on the site in terms of zoning, wind-loading and rentals. For instance, base station antennas with variable azimuth beamwidths are available which can be used to provide better load balancing between sectors and to adjust sector to sector overlap. However, such solutions may not be suitable for accommodating multiple arrays and hence supporting multiple spectrum bands which is a desirable requirement for base station antennas. In addition, such variable beamwidth antennas can be large (the size being governed by the minimum achievable beamwidth) with some solutions requiring mechanical and active electronics and hence potentially costly to deploy and maintain.
- In one example, the present disclosure provides a dual-polarized antenna array that includes at least one unit cell. The at least one unit cell includes at least one radiating element of a first polarization state and at least two radiating elements of a second polarization state. The second polarization state is orthogonal to the first polarization state. The at least two radiating elements of the second polarization state are displaced on a first side and a second side of the at least one radiating element of the first polarization state.
- The teaching of the present disclosure can be readily understood by considering the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 depicts a base station antenna array system, according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 2 depicts a dual-band base station antenna, according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 3 depicts another base station antenna array system, according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 4 depicts another dual-band base station antenna according to the present disclosure; -
FIGS. 5A , 5B and 5C depict examples of antenna arrays having unit cells with split-vertical-oriented radiating elements in various arrangements, according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 6 illustrates an antenna array having split horizontal-oriented radiating elements, according to the present disclosure; -
FIGS. 7A and 7B depict antenna arrays having dual-polarised unit cells which include both split-vertical-oriented and split-horizontal-oriented radiating elements, according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 8 depicts a unit cell including three split-vertical-oriented radiating elements, according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 9 depicts a top-down view of an antenna array having a unit cell with split-vertical-oriented radiating elements, according to the present disclosure; -
FIG. 10A depicts an antenna array having unit cells comprising split-vertical-oriented radiating elements; and -
FIGS. 10B-10D depict antenna arrays having split-vertical-oriented radiating elements where the vertical oriented radiating elements of each unit cell are displaced in opposite vertical directions. - To facilitate understanding, identical reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate identical elements that are common to the figures.
- The present disclosure relates to antenna arrays suitable for cellular base station deployments which can provide enhanced mitigation of inter-sector interference or adjustable sector overlap for optimising a cellular network design. In particular, the present disclosure provides a solution to control azimuth radiation pattern roll-off rate, Half Power Beamwidth (HPBW), Front-to-Side Ratio (FSR) and Sector Power Ratio (SPR). Antenna arrays of the present disclosure are particularly suitable for use in a sectored base station site, where inter-sector interference is limited by the azimuth radiation characteristics of the base station antenna. As used herein, the terms “antenna” and “antenna array” are used interchangeably. For consistency, and unless otherwise specifically noted, with respect to any of the antenna arrays depicted the real-world horizon is indicated as left-to-right/right-to-left on the page, and the up/vertical direction is in a direction from the bottom of the page to the top of the page.
- Conventionally, positioning of the antenna elements over the reflector, selection of the height of the elements and dimensions of the reflector and active electronics have been used to control the azimuth beamwidth of the antenna. Thus, for example, a wider antenna is used to achieve narrower beamwidth, which places additional pressure on the site in terms of zoning, wind-loading, rentals and so forth. In contrast, in one embodiment of the present disclosure an antenna array comprises a plurality of unit cells arranged vertically along the length of the array. In one embodiment each unit cell comprises at least two radiating elements, e.g., centred along the width of the reflector. In one embodiment, each unit cell radiates a dual orthogonal linear polarization field, e.g., +45 degree and −45 degree slant polarizations (e.g., as preferred in conventional cellular communication systems). However, in one embodiment, the radiating elements of each unit cell are physically orientated orthogonally at zero degrees and +90 degrees. To achieve the +/−45 degree radiation vectors/fields, a “virtual cross-polarization” technique is used where the vertical element (oriented at 90 degrees) and horizontal element (oriented at zero degrees) are fed in co-phase power or anti-phase power to achieve vector rotation. In one embodiment the +90 degree element, or “vertical element”, is further separated into at least two radiating elements, or a vertical radiating pair. The vertical radiating pair is disposed horizontally within the unit cell, with a maximum horizontal separation equivalent to the width of the reflector. The vertical radiating pair is co-phased to realize an array factor in the azimuth plane where the HPBW and FSR are significantly reduced. Notably, the use of the “virtual cross-polarization” technique coupled with the novel unit cell geometry gives enhanced control over the HPBW/FSR and SPR parameters, for optimized cellular network deployment.
- In addition, an antenna array comprising one or more “H” shaped unit cells, is suitable for optimized element packing in integrated arrays (e.g., dual-band or multi-band arrays). For example, controlling the ratio of the types of unit cells used in the array plus vertical component spacing on the ‘H’ shaped unit cell gives additional design and performance freedoms for the ability to tailor the azimuth radiation pattern shape to a specified requirement. At the same time, “shadowing effects” are minimised on adjacent integrated array faces. These and other advantages of the present disclosure are described in greater detail below in connection with the examples of the following figures.
- Referring now to
FIG. 1 , in one embodiment, a base stationantenna array system 100 according to the present disclosure includes two corporate feed (CF) networks (110) and (111) which convert base station radio frequency (RF) signals into antenna element drive signals for a number of dual-linearly polarized unit cells (130-132) disposed vertically along the length of theantenna array 120. Each unit cell 130-132 radiates a dual orthogonal linear polarization field, e.g., in preferred +45 degree and −45 degree slant polarization radiating vectors. Notably,unit cell 130 is shown including two +45/−45 degree oriented dual linearly polarizedcross-dipole antenna elements antenna elements unit cell 130 include two radiating elements, a +45 degree radiating element (150 and 151 respectively) and a −45 degree radiating element (160 and 161 respectively), which are fed from therespective CF networks antenna elements unit cell 130, the azimuth radiation patterns fromunit cell 130 can be optimized. For instance, if the two horizontally disposedantenna elements unit cell 131 or 132). In one embodiment, the combination of a number of split and un-split unit cells disposed vertically along the antenna array will enable a desired overall array beamwidth to be selected. However, a disadvantage of this array topology is that a much wider antenna solution is required to accommodate the two horizontally displaced +45/−45 degree oriented dual-polarized cross-dipole antenna elements. - With reference to
FIG. 2 , many base station antennas may include a dual-band combined array with two array columns or stacks of antenna elements, one stack for low-band operation (e.g., 690-960 MHz), and one stack for high-band operation (e.g., 1695-2690 MHz). More complex base station antennas may include three stacks as shown in the dual-band antenna array 200 ofFIG. 2 where the low-band stack of dual-polarizedantenna elements 210 are positioned in the center of the reflector while two high-band array stacks 280 and 290 are located on each side of the low-band elements 210 (for ease of illustration, only two of the high-band dual-polarizedantenna elements 231 are labeled in the figure). This clearly illustrates some of the limitations of the space available on the reflector where shadowing and mutual interaction effects between the low-band and high-band elements can degrade the antenna performance. The shadowing between elements can be mitigated if the separation between the two high-band stacks -
FIG. 3 illustrates a base stationantenna array system 300 where each of the unit cells 330-332 of theantenna array 320 includes orthogonal radiating elements oriented at zero degrees and 90 degrees, or in a horizontal/vertical (HN) orientation. Notably,unit cell 330 includes two split-vertical-oriented radiatingelements antenna element 360 in theunit cell 330 remains in the same position as in a conventional dual-polarised cross-dipole with H/V orientation (such as inunit cell 331 or 332), while the two split-vertical-oriented radiatingelements - To achieve the preferred radiation pattern of +45/−45 degree slant linear polarizations desired for base station antennas, the orthogonal HN oriented radiating elements are fed in-phase (i.e., where an information signal from
CF network 310 fed throughport P1 380 is equally phased to a copy of the information signal sent throughport P2 382 fromCF network 311 to achieve a resultant or virtual +45 degrees slant linear polarization vector and fed in anti-phase (i.e., where an information signal fed throughport P2 382 comprises an out-of-phase, or delayed version of the same information signal fed through port P1 380) to generate a −45 degree slant linear polarization vector. This is shown in the detail forunit cell 330 shown inFIG. 3 . Apower divider 370 provides an equal phase and amplitude split of the signal fromport P2 382 to the split-vertical-oriented radiatingelements - In one embodiment, this is achieved by feeding the elements via a microwave circuit such as a 180 degree hybrid/ring coupler (or hybrid combiner), a rat race coupler, a digital signal processing circuit and/or a software implemented solution. For instance, the relative phasing and power dividing for the feed signals provides a virtual rotation of the radiating vectors from the radiating elements of each unit cell 330-332 to the desired +45/−45 degree slant linear polarisations.
- To illustrate,
FIG. 3 also includes a circuit, orpower divider 390 for rotating, or controlling the effective radiating vectors of each of the horizontal-oriented and vertical-oriented radiating elements of each of the unit cells 330-332. In one example, thepower divider 390 comprises a hybrid coupler or a (180 degree) hybrid ring coupler, such as a rat-race coupler, each of which may also be referred to herein as a hybrid combiner. As shown inFIG. 3 ,power divider 390 includes two input ports (assuming connection to signals intended for transmission), designated as positive ‘P’ input port 391 (also referred to herein as an in-phase input) and minus ‘M’ input port 392 (also referred to herein as an out-of phase input) and two output ports, designated as ‘V’output port 393 and ‘H’output port 394. For example, thesignals input port 391 and minus ‘M’input port 392 respectively, may be for transmission at +45 and −45 degree linear slant polarizations, respectively. To illustrate this, considersignal 340 which is input at thepositive input port 391, enters thepower divider 390, which in this case is a 180-degree hybrid ring coupler, splits power equally into two branches with one branch traveling clockwise to output port ‘V’ labeled 393 and the other branch traveling counterclockwise to output port ‘H’ labeled 394. Notably, the distance between thepositive input port 391 and the ‘H’port 394 and the distance between thepositive input port 391 and the ‘V’port 393 are the same distance. In one example, this distance is at or substantially close to a distance that is the equivalent of 90 degrees of phase for a center frequency within a frequency band of the signals to be transmitted and received via the radiating elements of unit cells 330-332. In any case, since thesignal 340 received atinput port 391 travels the same distance, the twooutput ports minus input port 392 enters thepower divider 390, splits power equally into two branches with a branch traveling clockwise and a branch travelling counterclockwise. Notably, the distance between theminus input port 392 and the ‘V’port 393 is the same distance as between thepositive input port 391 and the ‘V’output port 393, for instance, a distance that provides for 90 degrees of phase shift. Thus, thesignal 341 from theminus input port 392 arrives as the ‘V’output port 393 having a same phase as thesignal 340 on thepositive input port 391. However, in one example, the distance between theminus input port 392 and the ‘H’output port 394 is three times the distance between theminus input port 392 and the ‘V’port 393. For instance, this distance may be a distance or length that provides for 270 degrees of phase shift, e.g., for a signal at a center frequency of a desired frequency band. In other words, when thesignal 341 from theminus input port 392 arrives at the ‘H’port 394, it is 180 degrees out of phase with respect to thesignal 340 that arrives at the ‘H’output port 394 from thepositive input terminal 391. In addition, since thesignal 341 received atinput port 392 travels a different distance to the twooutput ports - As described above, the ‘H’
output port 394 and the ‘V’output port 393 receivesignals positive input terminal 391 andminus input terminal 392, respectively. These signals are combined at therespective output terminals CF networks CF networks elements unit cell 330, the signalform CF network 311 viaport P2 382 may be further processed by thepower divider 370 to provide two equal amplitude, in-phase antenna element drive signals. -
FIG. 3 also depicts thearray 320 with a combination of “H” shaped unit cells (e.g., unit cell 330), with split-vertical radiating elements, and non-split-vertical unit cells/antenna elements (e.g.,unit cells 331 and 332). For example,unit cell 331 andunit cell 332 inFIG. 3 are shown using non-split H/V oriented radiating elements, and although not shown, would be fed from the respective corporate feed (CF)networks FIG. 3 allows the array face to be physically narrower compared to a more conventional base station antenna array with physically orientated +45/−45 degree dual-polarized antenna elements. This is particularly beneficial on deployments where wind loading at base station sites is critical. - Referring now to
FIG. 4 , embodiments of the present disclosure also enable co-location of multiple high-band array stacks with a low-band array stack in a limited reflector space. Typical low-band and high-band frequency ranges are mentioned above in connection withFIG. 2 . However, it should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to any particular frequencies or frequency ranges and that the mentioning of any specific values are for illustrative purposes only.FIG. 4 shows an example of a threestack antenna array 400 where the twostacks band stack 410 comprising the split low-band element 411 and non-split low-band elements FIG. 3 , and may provide the same +45/−45 degree slant linear polarization virtually rotated effective radiating vectors. However, since the high-band antenna elements of high-band arrays -
FIGS. 5A , 5B and 5C illustrate further embodiments of the present disclosure where the number of “H” shaped unit cells having split-vertical-oriented polarized radiating elements, and their positions along the vertical length of the antenna array are varied. For example,FIG. 5A illustrates “H” shaped split unit cells 511-514 distributed along the length of theantenna array 510.FIG. 5B illustrates a combination of split unit cells (521 and 522) and non-split unit cells (523 and 524) along the length of theantenna array 520.FIG. 5C illustrates alternating split unit cells (531 and 533) and non-split unit cells (532 and 534) along the length of theantenna array 530. Notably, by varying the number and positions of split and non-split unit cells, different desired azimuth beamwidths are achieved. In addition, any of the examples ofFIGS. 5A-5C may also be implemented in dual-band and multi-band antenna arrays, e.g., similar to the embodiment ofFIG. 4 . -
FIG. 6 illustrates a further embodiment where an antenna array 600 includes one or more unit cells featuring split-horizontal-oriented radiating elements, e.g.,unit cells unit cells unit cells -
FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate antenna arrays having dual-polarised unit cells which include both split-vertical-oriented and split-horizontal-oriented radiating elements.FIGS. 7A and 7B also show arrangements where dual-polarised unit cells having both split-vertical-oriented and split-horizontal-oriented radiating elements are included in arrays with vertical-split-oriented antenna elements as well as with standard HN oriented dual-polarised antenna elements. For example,FIG. 7A illustratesantenna array 710 with split-vertical-orientedantenna elements split antenna elements FIG. 7B illustratesantenna array 720 with standard HN orientedantenna elements split antenna elements -
FIG. 8 illustrates a further embodiment of the present disclosure where aunit cell 800 includes three split-vertical-oriented radiatingelements horizontal radiating element 804. Notably, by varying the spacing of the respective vertical radiating elements (e.g., between 801 and 802, between 802 and 803 and between 801 and 803), additional azimuthal radiation patterns are made available to cellular base station designers and operators. -
FIG. 9 illustrates still another embodiment of the present disclosure having aunit cell 910 with split-vertical-oriented radiatingelements antenna array 900 from the top) that the vertically oriented splitelements overall antenna reflector 930 to obtain maximum aperture of the azimuth array factor. The horizontal radiating element is shown byreference numeral 960. The vertically orientedelements fold angle 940 determined by Θ giving a separation distance of D1 of the radiating parts of the vertically oriented radiating elements. This is such that the vertically oriented radiatingelements antenna 900 to minimize frontal wind loading of the antenna. In particular, the vertically oriented radiatingelements antenna array 900. -
FIGS. 10A-10D are intended to illustrate additional embodiments of the present disclosure where split-vertical-oriented radiating elements are displaced vertically to various positions with respect to horizontal-oriented radiating elements. For purposes of comparison,FIG. 10A shows anantenna array 1010 with vertical split antenna elements 1011-1013.FIG. 10B shows anantenna array 1020 where sets of split-vertical-orientedradiating elements radiating elements 1023.FIG. 10C shows anantenna array 1030 where horizontal-orientedradiating elements 1033 are aligned with the mid-points of split-vertical-orientedradiating elements 1031 and with the ends of the split-vertical-orientedradiating elements 1032.FIG. 10D illustrates anantenna array 1040 which is similar to theantenna array 1030 ofFIG. 10C , with additional horizontal-orientedradiating elements 1044 added. The sets of split-vertical-orientedradiating elements radiating elements 1043 are similar to the corresponding components inFIG. 10C . The examples ofFIGS. 10B-10D provide additional options for array topology packing, in addition to the example ofFIG. 10A and the examples of the figures discussed above. - It should be noted that examples of the present disclosure describe the use of +45/−45 degree slant linear polarizations. However, although linear polarization is typical, and examples are given using linear polarizations, other embodiments of the present disclosure can be readily arrived at, for example including dual-orthogonal elliptical polarization, or left hand circular and right hand circular polarizations, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
- While the foregoing describes various examples in accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, other and further example(s) in accordance with the one or more aspects of the present disclosure may be devised without departing from the scope thereof, which is determined by the claim(s) that follow and equivalents thereof.
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